Alumni Highlights
Public Affairs Ph.D. Alumni Highlights
The Ph.D. in Public Affairs program has a history of excellent job placement for our graduates both domestically and internationally in academic as well as "pracademic" positions. Below you can find a list that highlights recent graduates and where they are now.
2019 - 2020
Pallavi Awasthi: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Nova Southeastern University
Shawn Lorenzo Benaine: Research and Evaluation Manager, Children's Services Council (CSC) of Broward County, Florida
Ana-Maria Dimand: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Boise State University
Lilia Silverio-Minaya: Director of Operational Analysis, FIU’s Office of Retention and Graduation Success
2018 - 2019
Andrea Headley: Post-Doc, University of California, Berkeley; Assistant Professor, Ohio State
Vaiva Kalesnikaite: Assistant Professor at the College at Brockport, SUNY
Nicholas Martinez: Director of Analytics, Miami Heat
2017 - 2018
Sebawit Bishu: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver
Auzeen Shariati: Assistant Professor at St. Joseph's College, New York
Christa Remington: Assistant Professor, University of South Florida
2016 - 2017
NakHyeok Choi: Research Fellow, Audit and Research Institute, South Korea
Michele Tandardini: Assistant Professor at Penn State University Harrisburg
Shahed Al-Tammar: Assistant Professor, Kuwait University
2015 - 2016
Rachel Emas: Assistant Teaching Professor, SPAA, Rutgers University–Newark
Ilyana Albaran: Alba Research & Consulting, LLC
Cristina Rodriguez-Acosta: Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, FIU
2014 - 2015
George Atisa: Assistant Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Yongquing Cong: Assistant Professor, Jilin University, China
Palina Prysmakova: Assistant Professor, Florida Atlantic University